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African universities are 'diploma mills'

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: he idea of universities in Africa as places for the pursuit of knowledge has been denigrated by influential voices promoting the view that they should rather operate as instruments to fix the continent's maladies, says Patricio Langa, an associate professor of higher education at the University of the Western Cape. Without clarity on the differentiation in the system to promote different purposes and types of higher education institutions, massification will continue to turn universities into diploma mills, rather than fostering the pursuit of new knowledge.

Source: Human Science Research Council SA

DOI: 10.14749/32363505

Author: Human Sciences Research Council

Language: English

Topic: Higher Education Governance and Development

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funder: Human Sciences Research Council

OpenAlex ID: W7162116860

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